Berlin, Germany – The upper chamber of Germany’s parliament, the Bundesrat, on Friday held its annual commemoration of the Sinti, Roma and Yenish who were persecuted and murdered under Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime. Across Europe, 500,000 members of these minorities fell victim to the Nazis and were murdered in concentration camps, said Bundesrat President Anke Rehlinger….
Moscow, Russia – Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his annual news conference and call-in show on Thursday, December 19, highlighted Russia’s economic growth and the military’s advances in Ukraine, aiming to reinforce his authority and control over the nation’s political landscape. Putin began by asserting that Russia’s economy is set to grow by nearly 4%…
Paris, France – In what has shocked not only France but the whole world, a businessman and electrician, Dominique Pelicot, 71, recruited 72 men on the internet who raped his wife, Wife Gisèle Pelicot, 72, about 200 times. Dominique who hails from Mazan in south-eastern France, was reported to have recorded all the horrible incidents…
Berlin, Germany – Germany’s Cabinet on Wednesday adopted a strategy to address violence against women and implement measures from the Istanbul Convention to combat gender-based violence against girls and women. The treaty, struck by the Council of Europe, has been in force in Germany since 2018 and calls for both legal and political steps to…
Brussels, EU – The European Commission on Tuesday approved a German state aid scheme worth €200 million ($211 million) to adapt forest management to climate change. The scheme aims to strengthen the resilience of German forests, increase their biodiversity and preserve them as natural carbon sinks that can absorb and store CO2 emissions from the…
